I am surprised this game does not receive more love, especially with the low price tag. It took me over 60 hours to get through the main story, of course there is possibility for longer play time if you aim to complete achievements and such. What surprised me a lot is that majority of the quests are voice acted, especially the main story missions.

If you don’t care for the farming aspect that is good news for you, I have planted about ten seeds the entire duration and it wasn’t really necessary. The game mostly focuses on crafting and building, resources for these can be obtained in multiple ways - getting your hands dirty or paying someone to do it for you.

There is a combat but it is a very simple hit and roll type, it is very low risk as death does not cause you to lose items.

I especially loved how befriending the townies went, they are related to one another so achieving higher friendship with one will cause your relationship with the others in their circle increase as well.

Another interesting mechanic is the stats you get from furniture placed in your home - encouraging you to decorate, though I do have say I wish we had more furniture, both in quality and versatility. Still, that is not enough of a pain point for me to remove a point from rating.

I did play this on PC, but earlier I had a copy for Switch and while it runs… okay, I would recommend getting PC version.

[Main Story]
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When I bought this game I had some expectations that it would be a pleasant game to play, but in fact there are at least two things in the game that made me change my mind, the first one is to be grinding and progress in the main story is too slow for my taste.

Despite these two factors I cannot give this game a bad review, because the game itself is quite consistent in lot of things such as, in level of the crafting system, where there are several items to build and discover, the social level, where all inhabitants each one of them has its own history and personality, the battles against enemies, the game presents a varied list of gear to use, in terms of exploration, each location has its own items to collect and enemy to defeat and events that occur during the year, where by participating in them there is an associated token where you can buy items.

And I think with the list mentioned above the game is quite appealing and balanced, which positively balances the game, in my opinion.

However, as I mentioned right at the beginning, the progress of this game is TOOOO slow, but feel free to try this game if you want it.

It's a shame the game is in the state that it's in. If they had polished it some more, it would be one of my favorite games. Excluding the bugs, there's just so many parts left feeling unfinished. For starters, there is a part where two of the characters get married. After you help them get together, you see a short cutscene of her saying yes and then kissing him, but after that, there is nothing at all. There is no wedding, no change in their dialog, no change in where they live. Nothing. That unfinished part expands to a lot of the rest of the game as well. The town you build by the desert and the port you help build are more examples. The characters keep talking about how lively those places are, but they feels so empty each time I go through them. It's like a ghost town. There is a lot to like about this game. The laidback atmosphere is great and for once a lot of the potential spouses seem like adults instead of children. I'm excited to see what they do with Sandrock now that they have a much larger team. I just feel that Portia wasn't finished and they abandoned it.

I originally played this game a few years ago on the Nintendo Switch. That was an ordeal with constant performance issues. Even still, I was basically addicted to it once I really got started. I got it on the Nintendo Switch specifically so I could play it during downtime at work. That’s how much I liked playing it. It has similarities to games like Stardew Valley. You move to town and start your life and build things from the ground up. You do farming stuff and make friends. If you have played this genre of game before, then it won’t be anything new. Having played My Time At Sandrock and then gone back to replay Portia, the life improvements in Sandrock are even more evident and the little ways that Portia can be annoying are also more evident. Things like having to have ingredients on my person to cook with them and not being able to see what other relic pieces I had became very noticeable in this game after playing Sandrock where those things aren’t an issue. Still, overall, I enjoyed this game a great deal both times I played it. I enjoy this genre of game in general.

I had more fun in this game than I thought. I figured this was a Stardew Valley clone at first, but it has it's own charm. There is a ton to do and explore; I still don't have every achievement. Many of the residents in Portia have personalities and some have their own quest lines. I didn't bother much with raising animals or crops, because the building kept me more entertained. Toward the end I was waiting around for things to build in my factory. (Also the factory is a godsend.)

I stopped almost as soon as I got the last main story line achievement. It took me so long.